Reporters Without Borders (RWB) released its annual report on abuses of journalists in 2014 on Tuesday.
The report shows that the number of journalists killed on duty in 2014 was 66, which is a decrease of 7 % from the 2013 figure.
This brings the number of journalists killed in connection with their work in the last ten years to a total of 720.
Although there have been less deaths, the past year has seen an increase in the number of journalists kidnapped.
In 2014 a total of 119 journalists were kidnapped, which represents an increase of 35 % compared to last year.
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Source: Novinite
